Thimonville is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.6
In Thimonville, 23% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 7.7%, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. There were 61 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 133 residents. About one in 14: that is how common second homes are in Thimonville (7.2%).
Throughout this page, the Moselle median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Thimonville
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thimonville had 162 residents at the 2012 census and 133 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Thimonville’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−18% since 2012, a pace below 99% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then −14% to 2023. Over those years, the median Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 14% in Thimonville, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Thimonville 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of Thimonville’s residents are 65 or older, against 22% in the median Moselle town and 22% in the median compared French town; 12% are under 18. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 7.7%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. At 23%, the share of couples with children is lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 5.8% of homes are flats
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Empty homes make up 4.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 20% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more.
€29,220 a year: the median standard of living
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Thimonville is €29,220 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
In Thimonville, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 79% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.7%, Thimonville is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, below 97% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Thimonville sits below 84% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Thimonville, less than in 88% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
For Thimonville, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Thimonville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thimonville | 52.6 | 20% | 7.2% | 1.5% |
| Courcelles-Chaussy 3,006 · 10.8 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Faulquemont 5,109 · 11.2 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 11% |
| Créhange 3,691 · 11.2 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.2% |
| Morhange 3,308 · 11.3 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Marly 10,286 · 13.3 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 0.5% | 6.4% |
| Metz 122,572 · 14.3 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Thimonville
What is the population of Thimonville?
133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (162).
How old are Thimonville’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thimonville?
5, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thimonville?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thimonville?
€29,220 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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